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Type | Title | Instructor | Summary | Status |
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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding. |
Wait-list |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
Dig in to the tradition and history of letterpress printing and get your hands dirty. Learn about the process and practice of setting type while printing your own cards. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Monday, October 2, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Michael Burke |
A strong, durable book made from quality materials, appropriate for beginning bookbinders. |
Wait-list |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 4
Start: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, October 6, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Thea Sizemore |
The four class Cylinder Core Certificate Program allows students to quickly learn letterpress basics and become certified to rent studio time. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session. |
Wait-list |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Build your letterpress skills: learn advanced justification, typesetting, and composition. Put it all together to print a broadside of your own design. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 8, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Brian Lieske |
Protect your prints and books in elegant clamshell presentation boxes. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 11:00 AM
End: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 5:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Create a kaleidoscopic accordion book inspired by the symmetry of mandalas. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 8, 2023, 12:00 PM
End: Sunday, October 8, 2023, 5:00 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
Learn to print your own charming postcards on our small-format tabletop presses. |
Wait-list |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, October 9, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, October 13, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
Our Bookbinding Core Certificate Program introduces students to four different binding models, leading them through the history and evolution of bookmaking. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
In this hybrid online/in-person workshop, students will build a paper "plate" or matrix, then ink and print an edition from their assemblage. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 9:00 PM |
Madison Gordon |
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets! |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 5:00 PM |
Dorothy Yuki |
A book structure with personality built into the cover, buttonhole books allow for exposed sewing and decorative cuts that give a window from the outside in. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 15, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 15, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Meri Brin |
This class introduces Monotype, the only printmaking technique where the end result is a single unique print. Students will experiment and explore this technique while printing on a Vandercook press. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 15, 2023, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, October 15, 2023, 5:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Explore the unique capabilities and three-dimensional movement of the flag book—a structure composed of crisscrossing “flags” or small pages attached to an accordion-folded spine. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 9:30 PM |
Robin Weinert |
This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 5:00 PM |
Elaine Chu |
Sew your own unique journal with embellishments. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 22, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 22, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
This course will introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 22, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 22, 2023, 3:00 PM |
Paula Gloistein |
'Tis the season to send some cards! Get an introduction to letterpress printing on cylinder presses while creating personalized and original holiday stationery. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling. |
Wait-list |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Brian Lieske |
Build a decorative box that is its own magic trick. This box has three compartments, but only one or two are visible at a time. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 5:00 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Imagine a personal history made up of maps and charts. What stories would yours tell? In this workshop you'll create a suite of maps, charts, and graphs to make your own autobiographical atlas. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
This introduction to leatherwork for bookbinding covers the tools and techniques commonly used in leather bookbinding today. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
Learn to make a multi-compartment box, perfect for storing sewing supplies or other small tools. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 9:00 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Discover how to dampen paper, use bearers, and finesse rubber-and oil-based inks on Cylinder and Jobbing Platen Presses for better ink coverage and control. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Lisa Rappoport |
Increase your letterpress versatility: learn to set up the press, refine your registration skills, and run an edition of your own small poster! |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Ivar Diehl |
Make a leather-covered cylinder box with a slip-fit lid. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 5, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 5, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper. |
Wait-list |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Monday, November 6, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, November 6, 2023, 9:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum |
Sessions: 3
Start: Friday, November 10, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
While bookbinding and book repair share many skills and techniques, they are also distinct pursuits. This course is intended to introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 11, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 11, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper. |
Wait-list |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 11, 2023, 12:00 PM
End: Saturday, November 11, 2023, 5:00 PM |
Thea Sizemore |
A rare family workshop at SFCB! Adults and kids will work together to create designs and print their creations. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Increase your letterpress versatility: learn to set up the press, refine your registration skills, and run an edition of your own small poster! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 3:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Is it a book, is it a sculpture, is it a toy? When using the Ziggurat Fold you can create something that is all three, and more. In this class we’ll use its intriguing mathematical quality to create a castle-like structure that expands from flat to 3D. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, November 16, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, November 16, 2023, 9:30 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, November 18, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 19, 2023, 9:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 18, 2023, 10:00 AM
End: Saturday, November 18, 2023, 4:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Is your pasta machine taking up too much space in the kitchen? Move it to your studio instead and learn how to use it for printing small dry-point prints. |
Wait-list |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 19, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 19, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Paula Gloistein |
Learn to print from photopolymer plates in this final Core course; walk away with a stack of stationery featuring digital artwork printed from polymer plates. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 25, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 25, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 26, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 26, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
This marbling lab takes the art of traditional paper marbling to a new level by introducing metallics to the pigments normally used and experimenting with over-marbling techniques. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 2, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, December 2, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
Learn to print from photopolymer plates in this final Core course; walk away with a stack of stationery featuring digital artwork printed from polymer plates. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, December 2, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 3, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
After taking Orientation to Leather, put your paring skills to use in making this simple and elegant leather binding. |
Wait-list |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 3, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 3, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Lisa Rappoport |
Learn to set type and print on the Vandercook cylinder press; use your newfound knowledge to print a lampshade to light up your home. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 10, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 5:00 PM |
Leigh McLellan |
Colorful and fun, this method of decorating paper is easy to learn and the papers created can be used for many purposes. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 10, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 10, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Spend a day creating your own fun and versatile box that can be used as a shadow display box or a traditional puzzle box with beads. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Monday, December 11, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, December 11, 2023, 9:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets! |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 9:30 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 16, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, December 16, 2023, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
Hey you, finicky readers out there! Tired of having to wrestle with your beloved books as you read them? This class is for you. In this workshop, we will take a paperback book and transform it into something more durable and easier to flex and open. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 4:00 PM |
Solange Roberdeau |
Featured in the Crown Point Press publication, “The Magical Secrets of Chine Collé”, this workshop will introduce students to a contemporary approach to the traditional technique of gilding. |
Open |